Vodkapundit - There's A Sleepy Town, South Of The Border IV

There's A Sleepy Town, South Of The Border IV

Posted by Will Collier · 25 March 2006

Sorry to have fallen behind on the Cabo San Lucas pictures. Busy week.

Anyway, this is the "cheesy Cabo" installment, which wouldn't be complete without a shot from Sammy Hagar's bar, Cabo Wabo:

We apparently missed seeing Hagar play by about half an hour on our first night in town, which would have been fun, but as Homer would say, "What'reyagonnado?" Big thumbs-down to the signature "Waboritas"; probably the worst drinks we had in all of Cabo, and certainly the most expensive. Memo to Sammy: adding Blue Curacao was a really, really bad idea.

Also very cheesy, but (admittedly) fun, was a booze cruise on the Buccaneer Queen, which is basically a floating prop from a bad Geena Davis movie that's been converted into a tourist trap:

Once onboard, you're treated to a performance from a bunch of locals in "pirate" gear, which isn't the worst cheesy floor show I've ever seen (at least as long as they were serving complementary drinks):

During the cruise, we went by Pedregal, apparently the vacation home of many, many very rich and famous types. If you can believe a bunch of Mexican tourist-show pirates, the houses in this picture are owned by, among others, Bill Gates, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Madonna, and Sylvester Stallone:

And last, but certainly not least... I don't normally take requests, but when Den Beste calls, you gotta accept the charges. Spring Break is one of Cabo's busy seasons, and it was just getting started when we were in town. I note for the record that my wife pointed out this boat to me as we were on our way back into the harbor:

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Will...you've sold me on Cabo.

I can't say that a bar owned and operated by Sammy Hagar sounds very appealing though...

Posted by: John Noonan at March 25, 2006 04:27 PM

"Also very cheesy, but (admittedly) fun, was a booze cruise on the Buccaneer Queen, which is basically a floating prop from a bad Geena Davis movie"

Which were the good Geena Davis movies? ;)

Posted by: Ed Driscoll at March 25, 2006 04:58 PM

OK, that's better!

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at March 25, 2006 07:16 PM

TO: Ed Driscoll
RE: Gena Davis Movies

"Which were the good Geena Davis movies?" -- Ed Driscoll

Actually, I think her acting is better than most of her contemporaries; rely more on their appearance than their intellect. And, when those contemporaries young and nubile looks are long gone, her intellect will still be around.

Regards,

Chuck(le)

Posted by: Chuck Pelto at March 25, 2006 08:04 PM

P.S. I wouldn't mind owning that floating prop myself. Especially if the cannons were fully functional...

...and crew it with those people from that other floating prop....

Posted by: Chuck Pelto at March 25, 2006 08:06 PM

More great pics, Will.

I don’t remember you mentioning any details about your camera.

Care to satiate this camera geek’s curiosity?

Posted by: jaymaster at March 25, 2006 08:29 PM

Jay, some of them are from a Pentax Optio 60--which died halfway through the vacation, the rest from an old HP Photosmart 935.

I am not even remotely a camera bug.

Posted by: Will Collier at March 25, 2006 08:46 PM

Nice.

You need a better zoom though.

Posted by: aaron at March 25, 2006 09:59 PM

I was last in Cabo in 1978, so it has probably changed a lot. The best part of it is the promontory that blocks high Pacific waves from hitting the bay. Thus, you can swim in fairly tranquil waters. I remember hiking through an extremely rocky pass to where you find the tip of Baja. Great White Sharks are plentiful there, but don't bother people because of abundant seal life. Of course, you never swim at night in Mexico. Sharks shut off their visual faculty, and bite anything they can sense. Body surfing is not advised at any time.

Posted by: earthpapa at March 26, 2006 08:55 AM

I'm highly disappointed that we can't click on certain pictures to get a full screen view.

Highly. Disappointed.

Posted by: nukemHill at March 26, 2006 11:29 AM

Could we have a high-res download of the girls on the boat... pleez?

Posted by: Jason at March 26, 2006 07:42 PM

"I note for the record that my wife pointed out this boat to me as we were on our way back into the harbor"

Yeah, as in "if you look at that boat anymore, I'll pitch you overboard!"

Posted by: Major John at March 27, 2006 07:44 PM

It's called a "Zoom Lens".

Posted by: Grub at March 30, 2006 08:43 PM